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Le Vigeant – 26/27/28/29 August – Part 3 Race position 8th. Another gorgeous late summer’s day ahead of us. The race prep had already been started on Friday evening, it was just a case of finishing off, buying some new tyres and giving Trudie a final clean. We had 2 qualifying sessions and 1 race to […]

Le Vigeant – 26/27/28/29 August – Part 2 The weather forecast was set fair for the next four days and so it proved with a glorious sunrise for Thursday’s track day. Both Matt and I had had fitful sleep, the ‘will she, won’t she’ scenario was a heavy burden, so we were up early drinking coffee […]

Le Vigeant – 26/27/28/29 August – Part 1 This is one of the meetings we’ve all been looking forward to the most, giving our friends the ideal opportunity to come along, support Rik and see what it’s all about. ???? Since Pau, Matt and I have put some hours in on Trudie to finally get to […]

News Update 24th August 2021 The fickle finger of fate moves in mysterious and wondrous ways. Last week I was expecting the delivery, from UPS, of our tweaked ignition. Instead, I received an email from BDK Race Engineering informing me that the Royal Mail guy had picked up our parcel, by accident or stupidity or […]

Pau Arnos 6/7/8 August – Part 2 I was up early, just before sun up, closely followed by Matt who also had troubled sleep. Both of us had been going through the procession of problems we’ve had all season, trying to piece together some kind of diagnosis. Nothing is adding up, but both of us […]

Pau Arnos 6/7/8 August – Part 1 The twelve days since Haute Saintonge was barely sufficient time to recover and not enough time for a new speed sensor to be delivered before leaving for Pau. The only choice was to fit the speed sensor from the spare engine. Matt had printed out a test procedure […]

Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 4 – Sunday Matt and I were up early, for differing reasons. Me because I wanted to get to work on the race prep and Matt because of his tooth which was now so bad his face had swollen quite badly during the night. Cruelly, I did have a chuckle at his […]

Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 3 – Saturday View from Pit Lane  part 3  Up and out of our bunks at 7 am for coffee, nicotine and a peek outside to witness a beautiful dawn, not a cloud in the sky. Matt and I chatted for a bit, not mentioning our respective health problems, then […]

Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 2 – Friday Test Day The day was just about perfect conditions. Bit of blue sky, bit of cloud, only twenty-odd degrees with no threat of rain and a great little circuit to learn. We had five sessions throughout the day with each of our sessions only split by forty […]

Haute Saintonge 23/24/25 July – Part 1 The meetings are coming thick and fast at the moment, with barely enough time to recover. We made it home, from Carole, in the early hours of Monday 12th July, just as it started to rain. We sarcastically congratulated the timing of the downpour, and hurriedly went our separate ways […]

Circuit de Carole  9/10/11 July  Just about down to the wire again!!! To comply with the rules for WERC we’ve swapped the tuned engine for the standard one. The hold up was waiting for some special tools to arrive from the UK, to remove the ignition/magneto and the clutch. So that all done, the only other […]

Sunday 13th June  All up by 9.30 and the morning seemed even hotter than previous days. But there was a slight breeze which was most accommodating and to gain full advantage we removed all the sides of the awning, save one, which kept the tool box in the shade. My first job was a visit […]

Saturday 12th June, our first race day! I’d have loved to have started this with; “The day dawned with heavy skies and the threat of rain,” but that would’ve been a lie. Another glorious day in Spain, perfect if you’re on holiday lounging betwixt bar and pool but not when you’re racing bikes. Still, it’s […]

Friday test day.  After a reasonable night’s sleep, the day dawned bright and sunny, made bearable by an occasional morning breeze. Temperature was already mid to high 20s. Rik was due on circuit at 11.20 so we had a few hours to check over the Triumph and relax a little. First though, we all had to […]

The Journey… We left a little late, due to an administrative problem, so big thanks to Craig for sorting it out. We also have a travelling and racing companion this weekend, a French racer we met in the Isle of Man a few years ago who goes by the name of Lance. Very useful to […]

We managed to sneak a last minute test/track day in today and at times wishes we hadn’t. The weather was wide and varied,  to say the least, making conditions unfavourable for some fast chicanery and were extremely testing, excuse the pun,at times. Time on the bike is invaluable and Rik was awesome. He gave it 100% […]

I was contacted today,  14/05/21, by the organisers of WERC and they are happy for us to use the full power engine for Navarra. It’s a one time deal.  They said because it’s the first meeting and Rik’s first race on a 600 it’ll be ok . I did ask what happens if there’s  a […]

Life certainly doesn’t get any easier, that’s for sure. After a long wait the spare standard engine found its way to the leafy lanes of France, courtesy of Mark, for the French part and Richard Freeman for the UK part of it’s journey, thanks chaps. We must also thank David Wood Performance for doing the […]

There’s always a last minute hiccup and this weekend proved to be no exception. Rik was round helping me load The Truck, the back all loaded and secured with bike, tools, spares etc., I decided to pull forward closer to the house to load up food, bedding and stuff, to save a little leg work.I […]

The long wait during winter is almost over and in a couple of days we’ll be on our way down to Pau Arnos for a weekends’ testing. It’s been a bit of a challenge  negotiating not only Covid and the travel restrictions but Brexit as well. I can report, though,  we’re as ready as we […]

6th June 2021. Haut Saintonge 24/25 July 2021 Haut Saintonge 4/5 September 2021. Pau Arnos 9/10 October 2021. La Vigeant We will update with more details soon!

National Championship, near Nimes, France

La Vigeant – Val de Vienne

Carole Paris